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Electrical Power-Line Installers & Repairers
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Electrical Power-Line Installers & Repairers
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Install or repair cables or wires used in electrical power or distribution systems. May erect poles and light or heavy duty transmission towers.
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Abilities
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Multilimb Coordination| | The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion. |
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Near Vision| | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
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Oral Comprehension| | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
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Extent Flexibility| | The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs. |
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Information Ordering| | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
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Static Strength| | The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. |
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Control Precision| | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
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Finger Dexterity| | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. |
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Manual Dexterity| | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. |
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Oral Expression| | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
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Problem Sensitivity| | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. |
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Reaction Time| | The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears. |
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Selective Attention| | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
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Deductive Reasoning| | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
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Visualization| | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
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Arm-Hand Steadiness| | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. |
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Visual Color Discrimination| | The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. |
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Category Flexibility| | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
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Far Vision| | The ability to see details at a distance. |
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Inductive Reasoning| | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
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Response Orientation| | The ability to choose quickly between two or more movements in response to two or more different signals (lights, sounds, pictures). It includes the speed with which the correct response is started with the hand, foot, or other body part. |
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Trunk Strength| | The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing. |
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Written Comprehension| | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
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Written Expression| | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. |
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Depth Perception| | The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object. |
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Gross Body Equilibrium| | The ability to keep or regain your body balance or stay upright when in an unstable position. |
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Time Sharing| | The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources). |
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Flexibility of Closure| | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. |
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Gross Body Coordination| | The ability to coordinate the movement of your arms, legs, and torso together when the whole body is in motion. |
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Rate Control| | The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene. |
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Dynamic Strength| | The ability to exert muscle force repeatedly or continuously over time. This involves muscular endurance and resistance to muscle fatigue. |
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Fluency of Ideas| | The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). |
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Originality| | The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem. |
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Speech Clarity| | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
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Stamina| | The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath. |
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Auditory Attention| | The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds. |
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Speech Recognition| | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
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Perceptual Speed| | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. |
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Speed of Closure| | The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns. |
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Speed of Limb Movement| | The ability to quickly move the arms and legs. |
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Glare Sensitivity| | The ability to see objects in the presence of glare or bright lighting. |
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Hearing Sensitivity| | The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness. |
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Memorization| | The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures. |
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Number Facility| | The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly. |
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Spatial Orientation| | The ability to know your location in relation to the environment or to know where other objects are in relation to you. |
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Wrist-Finger Speed| | The ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists. |
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Mathematical Reasoning| | The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. |
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Night Vision| | The ability to see under low light conditions. |
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Peripheral Vision| | The ability to see objects or movement of objects to one's side when the eyes are looking ahead. |
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Sound Localization| | The ability to tell the direction from which a sound originated. |
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Explosive Strength| | The ability to use short bursts of muscle force to propel oneself (as in jumping or sprinting), or to throw an object. |
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Dynamic Flexibility| | The ability to quickly and repeatedly bend, stretch, twist, or reach out with your body, arms, and/or legs. |
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Interests
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Realistic| | Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others. |
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Second Interest High-Point| | Secondary-Cutoff/Rank Descriptiveness |
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Conventional| | Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow. |
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Investigative| | Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally. |
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Enterprising| | Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business. |
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Artistic| | Artistic occupations frequently involve working with forms, designs and patterns. They often require self-expression and the work can be done without following a clear set of rules. |
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Social| | Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others. |
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First Interest High-Point| | Primary-Rank Descriptiveness |
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Knowledge
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Customer and Personal Service| | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. |
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Mechanical| | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. |
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Building and Construction| | Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads. |
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Engineering and Technology| | Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services. |
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Public Safety and Security| | Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions. |
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Education and Training| | Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects. |
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Transportation| | Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits. |
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Design| | Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models. |
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Mathematics| | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
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Administration and Management| | Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. |
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Telecommunications| | Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems. |
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Computers and Electronics| | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. |
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Physics| | Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes. |
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English Language| | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
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Geography| | Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life. |
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Chemistry| | Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods. |
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Law and Government| | Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process. |
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Medicine and Dentistry| | Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures. |
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Personnel and Human Resources| | Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems. |
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Psychology| | Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders. |
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Communications and Media| | Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media. |
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Production and Processing| | Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. |
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Clerical| | Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology. |
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Economics and Accounting| | Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data. |
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Sales and Marketing| | Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems. |
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Biology| | Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment. |
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Therapy and Counseling| | Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance. |
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Sociology and Anthropology| | Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins. |
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Foreign Language| | Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation. |
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Food Production| | Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques. |
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Philosophy and Theology| | Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture. |
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History and Archeology| | Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures. |
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Fine Arts| | Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture. |
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Wages
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| North Carolina | $42,990.00 |
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| South Carolina | $43,150.00 |
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Related Careers
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Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, & Systems Assemblers| | Assemble, fit, fasten, and install parts of airplanes, space vehicles, or missiles, such as tails, wings, fuselage, bulkheads, stabilizers, landing gear, rigging and control equipment, or heating and ventilating systems. |
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Control & Valve Installers & Repairers, Except Mechanical Door| | Install, repair, and maintain mechanical regulating and controlling devices, such as electric meters, gas regulators, thermostats, safety and flow valves, and other mechanical governors. |
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Electric Motor, Power Tool, & Related Repairers| | Repair, maintain, or install electric motors, wiring, or switches. |
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Electrical & Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, & Relay| | Inspect, test, repair, or maintain electrical equipment in generating stations, substations, and in-service relays. |
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Helpers--Electricians| | Help electricians by performing duties of lesser skill. Duties include using, supplying or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment. |
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Rail Car Repairers| | Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul railroad rolling stock, mine cars, or mass transit rail cars. |
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Signal & Track Switch Repairers| | Install, inspect, test, maintain, or repair electric gate crossings, signals, signal equipment, track switches, section lines, or intercommunications systems within a railroad system. |
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Skills
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Coordination| | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
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Active Listening| | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
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Instructing| | Teaching others how to do something. |
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Critical Thinking| | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. |
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Repairing| | Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools. |
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Equipment Selection| | Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job. |
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Installation| | Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications. |
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Equipment Maintenance| | Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed. |
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Troubleshooting| | Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it. |
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Active Learning| | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
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Learning Strategies| | Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things. |
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Judgment and Decision Making| | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
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Reading Comprehension| | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. |
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Monitoring| | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
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Complex Problem Solving| | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
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Operation Monitoring| | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
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Social Perceptiveness| | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
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Time Management| | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
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Operation and Control| | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. |
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Speaking| | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
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Service Orientation| | Actively looking for ways to help people. |
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Persuasion| | Persuading others to change their minds or behavior. |
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Mathematics| | Using mathematics to solve problems. |
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Management of Personnel Resources| | Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job. |
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Writing| | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
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Systems Analysis| | Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes. |
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Technology Design| | Generating or adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs. |
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Systems Evaluation| | Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system. |
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Operations Analysis| | Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design. |
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Negotiation| | Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences. |
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Management of Material Resources| | Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work. |
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Quality Control Analysis| | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. |
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Science| | Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems. |
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Management of Financial Resources| | Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures. |
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Programming| | Writing computer programs for various purposes. |
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Tasks
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| Adhere to safety practices and procedures, such as checking equipment regularly and erecting barriers around work areas. |
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| Open switches or attach grounding devices in order to remove electrical hazards from disturbed or fallen lines or to facilitate repairs. |
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| Climb poles or use truck-mounted buckets to access equipment. |
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| Place insulating or fireproofing materials over conductors and joints. |
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| Install, maintain, and repair electrical distribution and transmission systems, including conduits, cables, wires, and related equipment such as transformers, circuit breakers, and switches. |
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| Identify defective sectionalizing devices, circuit breakers, fuses, voltage regulators, transformers, switches, relays, or wiring, using wiring diagrams and electrical-testing instruments. |
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| Drive vehicles equipped with tools and materials to job sites. |
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| Coordinate work assignment preparation and completion with other workers. |
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| Inspect and test power lines and auxiliary equipment to locate and identify problems, using reading and testing instruments. |
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| String wire conductors and cables between poles, towers, trenches, pylons, and buildings, setting lines in place and using winches to adjust tension. |
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| Test conductors, according to electrical diagrams and specifications, to identify corresponding conductors and to prevent incorrect connections. |
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| Replace damaged poles with new poles, and straighten the poles. |
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| Install watt-hour meters and connect service drops between power lines and consumers' facilities. |
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| Attach crossarms, insulators, and auxiliary equipment to poles prior to installing them. |
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| Travel in trucks, helicopters, and airplanes to inspect lines for freedom from obstruction and adequacy of insulation. |
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| Dig holes using augers, and set poles, using cranes and power equipment. |
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| Trim trees that could be hazardous to the functioning of cables or wires. |
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| Splice or solder cables together or to overhead transmission lines, customer service lines, or street light lines, using hand tools, epoxies, or specialized equipment. |
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| Cut and peel lead sheathing and insulation from defective or newly installed cables and conduits prior to splicing. |
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| Clean, tin, and splice corresponding conductors by twisting ends together or by joining ends with metal clamps and soldering connections. |
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| Pull up cable by hand from large reels mounted on trucks. |
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| Lay underground cable directly in trenches, or string it through conduit running through the trenches. |
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| Cut trenches for laying underground cables, using trenchers and cable plows. |
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Tools
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| All terrain vehicles tracked or wheeled |
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| All terrain vehicles ATV |
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| Ammeters |
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| Ammmeters |
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| Articulating boom lift |
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| Bucket trucks |
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| Augers |
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| Awls |
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| Backhoes |
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| Bench vises |
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| Blocks or pulleys |
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| Block and tackle equipment |
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| Gin poles |
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| Bolt cutters |
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| Boring tools |
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| Power borers |
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| Cable clamps |
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| Jumper clamps |
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| Cable reels |
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| Reel jacks |
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| Tension machines |
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| Circuit breakers |
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| Load break tools |
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| Circuit tester |
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| Continuity meters |
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| Circuit tracers |
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| Line tracers |
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| Clamp On Multimeter |
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| Clamp-on multimeters |
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| Conduit benders |
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| Cable benders |
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| Hand benders |
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| Hydraulic benders |
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| Power benders |
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| Conventional truck cranes |
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| Truck-mounted cranes |
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| Detection apparatus for non metallic objects |
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| Cable locators |
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| Drill bits |
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| Dump trucks |
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| Dynamometers |
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| Digital dynamometers |
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| Ear plugs |
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| Electrical insulators |
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| Arc suppression blankets |
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| Electrical resistance or conductance sensors |
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| Ground testers |
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| Extension pole |
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| Pike poles |
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| Facial shields |
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| Face shields |
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| Fiber optic test sources |
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| Optical power meters |
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| Files |
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| Fire blankets |
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| Fire extinguishers |
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| Fire retardant apparel |
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| Fire retardant clothing |
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| Fish tape |
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| Fish tapes |
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| Flares |
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| Flatbed trailers |
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| Power reel trailers |
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| Form tools or toolbits |
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| Braces and bits |
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| Fuse pullers |
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| Gas detectors |
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| Toxic gas detectors |
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| Gas generators |
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| Portable generators |
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| Goggles |
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| Safety goggles |
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| Grounding devices or assemblies |
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| Running grounds |
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| Static discharge sticks |
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| Grounding hardware |
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| Grounding devices |
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| Hammers |
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| Sledgehammers |
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| Hard hats |
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| Hazardous material protective apparel |
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| Conductive clothing |
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| Heat tracing equipment |
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| Infrared guns |
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| Hex keys |
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| Allen wrenches |
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| Hoists |
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| Capstan hoists |
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| Overhead hoists |
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| Hydraulic press frames |
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| Hydraulic presses |
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| Jacks |
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| Chain jacks |
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| Pole jacks |
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| Ladders |
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| Laser printers |
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| Levels |
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| Lifelines or lifeline equipment |
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| Lifelines |
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| Lifting hooks |
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| Cant hooks |
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| Peaveys |
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| Lifts |
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| Hand lines |
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| Light trucks or sport utility vehicles |
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| Light pickup trucks |
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| Linemans pliers |
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| Insulated pliers |
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| Lug crimping tool dies |
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| Compression tools |
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| Mask or respirators filters or accessories |
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| Breathing protection equipment |
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| Measuring wheels for distance |
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| Measuring wheels |
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| Megohmmeters |
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| Needlenose pliers |
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| Nut drivers |
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| Ohmmeters |
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| Oscilloscopes |
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| Personal computers |
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| Phasemeters |
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| Phase rotation meters |
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| Pick or place robots |
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| Robotic arms |
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| Picks |
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| Pipe wrenches |
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| Platform lift |
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| Material handling aerial devices |
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| Plumb bobs |
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| Pneumatic drill |
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| Pneumatic drills |
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| Pneumatic hammers |
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| Air hammers |
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| Ground rod drivers |
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| Jackhammers |
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| Potentiometers |
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| Potential testing meters |
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| Power chippers |
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| Power drills |
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| Concrete drills |
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| Electric drills |
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| Gas drills |
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| Hammer drills |
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| Hydraulic drills |
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| Power saws |
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| Chain saws |
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| Sabre saws |
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| Power screwguns |
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| Electric screw guns |
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| Pressure or steam cleaners |
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| Power washers |
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| Protective gloves |
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| Asbestos gloves |
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| Insulated gloves |
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| Leather gloves |
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| Pry bars |
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| Crowbars |
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| Pullers |
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| Comealongs |
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| Elbow pullers |
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